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Attack probe against three TMC leaders following complaints of brother of slain BJP worker
Police have initiated a probe against Trinamool Congress leaders Paresh Pal, Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh after Biswajit Sarkar, brother of slain BJP worker Avijit Sarkar, lodged a police complaint on Thursday alleging that three workers of the Kolkata ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphKMC writes to Calcutta Port about ten roads under its watch that need immediate repairs
The municipal commissioner of Calcutta has written to the chairperson of Calcutta Port about ten roads under its watch that need immediate repairs, mayor Firhad Hakim said on Friday. Hakim said all the roads flagged in the letter were ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphConvener of Calcutta University inspection team axed for ‘obstructing’ law college probe
The officiating vice-chancellor of Calcutta University, Santa Datta De, said on Friday that the varsity removed the convener of the inspection team probing alleged irregularities at South Calcutta Law College because he was impeding the investigation.Jatin Kumar Das, CU’s ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphParts of Bowbazaar Market building collapses, councillor calls for demolition
A portion of a private market in Bowbazaar collapsed in the wee hours of Friday, in the overnight rains that lashed the city. No casualties were reported in the incident. The Trinamool councillor from ward 48, Bishwarup Dey ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphFeluda’s Calcutta
A room full of Feluda fans sat around tasty bakes and steaming brew to take a verbal tour around the city, making pit stops at the roads and neighbourhoods where the sleuth’s maker had taken him in course of ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphInvestment fraud: doctor loses Rs 36 lakh
A doctor from Barasat who came across an advertisement of a money investment platform on social media and was inducted into a WhatsApp group on the pretext of providing investment tips lost ₹36 lakh, which he thought he had ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphDigital entry system at new parking complex; adjacent street to become no-park zone
The Hidco authorities are aiming to clear the streets surrounding the multi-level parking facility that was inaugurated on July 17 by chief minister Mamata Banerjee.For starters, Street 327, the road between Hidco Bhavan and the Biswa Bangla exhibition centre, ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphHangout zone for Action Area II
Action Area II, the least populated and least developed part of New Town, got a new community space with the opening of Taranyo. The amusement park for children shares a boundary wall to the right with Eco Urban Village ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphA biryani for diabetics
There’s no pain like watching your friends wolf down biriyani while you look away for fear of a sugar spike. Well, Oudh 1590 has just unveiled a solution — diabetic-friendly biriyani.“I once visited this restaurant with a diabetic friend ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphSenior citizens’ forum meets in music
Salt Lake Senior Citizens’ Association, whose members meet for morning walks at BA-CA Park, celebrated 27 years of camaraderie with a cultural event at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan.“We may have grown old, but there is no dip in our enthusiasm,” ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphBeware of allergy attack: Allergic reaction may lead to death if not treated within half hour
A youth collapses while enjoying a crab meal on the beach in Digha. He complains of dizziness and shortness of breath before passing out. His friends assume it’s a heart attack and rush him to a doctor, but he ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphCollege drops staff hired with Monojit; budget strain cited; ICC to be reconstituted
South Calcutta Law College’s governing body on Thursday decided not to renew the contracts of two casual staffers appointed alongside Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the alleged campus gang-rape on June 25.Amit Adhikari and Barun Banerjee were hired ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphTeacher selection tests on September 7 and 14 for government-aided schools: SSC
Calcutta: The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) will conduct fresh selection tests to appoint teachers at government-aided schools on September 7 and 14, commission chairman Siddhartha Majumdar announced on Thursday.The state government approved these dates on Wednesday after ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphFemale panchayat leader alleges rape in Park Street hotel, drink 'spiked', say police
A woman panchayat pradhan from a district in Bengal was allegedly raped in a hotel on Park Street by a man who promised to help her husband, who is in jail in connection with a case being probed by ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University decides to hire permanent teachers for filling up vacancies
Calcutta University has decided to take steps to appoint permanent teachers across departments because vacancies are posing a problem in conducting regular classes, the university’s registrar said on Thursday.The syndicate, the university’s highest policy-making body, took the decision at ...
26 July 2025 TelegraphCISCE rolls out specimen papers for classes 10 and 12 before board examinations
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday released specimen question papers for some subjects for ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) 2026 and Classes IX and XI for the current academic year.The council introduced ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphSlain BJP worker’s brother alleges murder attempt by KMC workers near Rajabazar
The brother of Avijit Sarkar, the BJP worker allegedly murdered during the 2021 post-poll violence, lodged a police complaint on Thursday alleging that some workers of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) tried to murder him near his house on ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphRiddle of missing big cats at Alipore zoo, 15 endangered species in ’23-24; none now
The Alipore zoo does not have any tiger, lion or leopard, if a central government report is anything to go by. Thousands of visitors to the 151-year-old park will claim otherwise as they see these majestic creatures with their ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphKasba gang-rape: What is gait analysis and why is Kolkata police using it in probe?
Kolkata Police have turned to ‘gait analysis’, a scientific technique that studies how people walk, to verify the presence of the four accused in the June 25 Kasba gang-rape case at South Calcutta Law college.The technique will be used ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphPassenger defaces door of Metro compartment with spray paint, CCTV footage released
A passenger has been caught on CCTV camera defacing a door of a Metro compartment with spray paint. The carrier released the CCTV footage on Wednesday.The 35-second clip shows a spectacled man, with a backpack in the front, walking ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphGait test of Mishra begins; law college body to discuss casual employees recruitment
A gait pattern analysis of Monojit Mishra, prime accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape, started inside the Presidency jail on Wednesday. Police said his walking pattern would be matched with the person spotted in CCTV footage from ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphTowards self-reliance, scoop by scoop: Neurodivergent interns taste real-world work
Two neurodivergent individuals recently interned at an ice cream manufacturing unit in the city — an experience that, according to those who work with them, helped them become more independent, employable, and better prepared for the real world.The two ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata weather: Heat and humidity torment city, Met office predicts heavy rain
The city reeled under the twin assaults of heat and humidity on Wednesday.The Met office said heavy rain was on its way.A cyclonic circulation is expected to take shape over the north bay of Bengal by Thursday and intensify ...
25 July 2025 TelegraphBank loan fraud busted, one arrested in Bankura following raids by Kolkata Police
A man was arrested in Bankura on Tuesday night for allegedly running a racket that enabled fraudsters to obtain personal loans from a private bank.The fraudsters impersonated a government employee and submitted fake salary statements, police said.A private bank ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphMutation must for taxpayers in New Town, non-mutated properties ineligible for tax payment
More than a fourth of taxpayers in New Town have yet to complete the mutation of their properties. But they may now have no option but to complete the process.The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has tweaked its ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphResidents ‘vanish’ from Alipore zoo, PIL filed in HC over ‘administrative discrepancies’
A citizens’ forum has flagged discrepancies in the number of animals at the Alipore zoo on the last day of 2023-24 and the first day of 2024-25. More than 300 animals were found “missing overnight”, according to the annual ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphCBI probe plea in Barasat job scam rejected, high court directs police to speed up probe
The high court on Wednesday rejected a petition by a group demanding a CBI probe into allegations that they were cheated with false promises of employment in government-aided schools. According to the petitioners, at least 13 people in and ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphTolly row: HC raps state for split hearing, wants joint meet on directors’ federation row
A high court judge on Wednesday expressed discontent with a government official for not adhering to an earlier order after allegations by some directors against a federation of Tollygunge technicians.In a July 8 order, Justice Amrita Sinha directed the ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphKMC finds 8,500 hawkers on Calcutta’s pavements follow rules, to get licences by Puja
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has found that only about 8,500 hawkers on Calcutta’s pavements have set up stalls adhering to street vending rules. The remaining vast majority have either gobbled up more space on the pavement than permitted ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphStudents look for options beyond US: Singapore, France and Japan among alternatives
The United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Canada have long dominated the pecking order for students seeking higher education abroad. However, school principals and education consultants say they are witnessing a notable shift, with many students now actively considering ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphSeven held with ATM cards linked to mule accounts for online fraud, cops initiate probe
Four men were arrested in Garden Reach on Tuesday with ATM cards from multiple banks, allegedly used to withdraw proceeds from online fraud.A police officer explained that the cards were tied to mule accounts — bank accounts used to ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphKMC begins repairs on potholed stretches of Southern Avenue, but will they last?
The municipal commissioner has sought a detailed report from the civic body’s roads department on the crumbling condition of Southern Avenue, repaired just two years ago.“The commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has asked for a detailed report ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphPatient rush & bed scarcity grip hospitals, many being turned away from emergency wards
Private hospital beds across the city have become critically scarce, with many patients being turned away from emergency wards as the city grapples with a perfect storm of healthcare challenges.A surge in flu cases and a pre-Puja rush for ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphBeggar found 'murdered' on footpath in south Calcutta neighbourhood off Sarat Bose Road
A 28-year-old man was found murdered lying on the footpath in a south Calcutta neighbourhood off Sarat Bose Road early on Tuesday. Morning walkers spotted the man lying in front of Sudesh Bhavan at 162A Sarat Bose Road ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur to involve parents in tackling student stress following multiple suicides
IIT Kharagpur will introduce an induction programme for parents on July 25, to be held alongside the orientation for first-year BTech students, the institute’s director said.The move comes amid alarm over a spate of student deaths on campus, with ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphAudit on 10 arterial roads in city finds 150 unsafe trees, requires immediate attention
A tree audit conducted on 10 arterial roads in the city has identified nearly 150 trees that are either leaning dangerously or have exposed roots requiring immediate attention. The audit also found at least 10 dead trees whose branches ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphMissing trader’s body found on tracks
A jewellery store owner who was missing from his Baguiati home since Friday was found dead on the railway tracks in Birati on Monday.Police said Gagan Sonalia’s body was found on the tracks close to Birati station. Railway officials ...
24 July 2025 TelegraphCops arrested in connection with 2021 post-poll murder of BJP worker move HC for bail
Two policemen arrested in connection with the 2021 post-poll murder of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar moved bail prayers before Calcutta High Court on Tuesday.Ratna Sarkar, an inspector who was the investigating officer of the murder case when the probe ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta University grants Behala College autonomy, decision follows UGC recommendation
Behala College will be granted autonomous status, Calcutta University decided on Tuesday, accepting a recommendation of the UGC. Calcutta University’s syndicate, the university’s highest decision-making body, which met on Tuesday, passed a resolution stating that the college will be ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphIconic Loreto College head Sister Maeve Hughes dies at 96, inspired generations
Irish nun of the Loreto Order, Sister Maeve Hughes, 96, was a scholar, author and innovative principal of Loreto College Calcutta for over 14 years. She died in the city on Saturday.She balanced sharp discipline and judgement with compassion ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphStudent accused of rape released from jail, IIM Calcutta to allow him to resume classes
The IIM Calcutta student arrested on rape charges was released from Presidency Correctional Home on bail on Tuesday, said his lawyer Subrata Sardar. Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, a second-year IIM student from Karnataka, was arrested on charges of raping ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphPatna ICU murder accused visited Calcutta in 2024, stayed at Shapoorji in New Town: Police
The shooter who led four other gunmen into the ICU of Paras Hospital in Patna and shot dead ailing gangster Chandan Mishra on July 17 was arrested from a guesthouse in Calcutta on Saturday night. But this is not ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphIIT-KGP second-year student from Madhya Pradesh dies choking on medicine, FIR lodged
A second-year student of IIT Kharagpur died on Monday night after choking on a tablet he was trying to swallow.Chandradeep Pawar, the 19-year-old electrical engineering student from Madhya Pradesh, was declared dead at the B.C. Roy Technology Hospital on ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata weather: Remnants of Wipha to bring heavy rain from Thursday, says Met office
Remnants of powerful tropical storm Wipha, which made landfall in northern Vietnam on Tuesday after sweeping across Southeast Asia, are expected to develop into a cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal by Wednesday.The system is tipped to ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphMonojit Mishta, three other accused of rape in law college to stay in custody till August 5
Former Trinamool student leader Monojit Mishra and three others accused in the South Calcutta Law College gang-rape were on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till August 5.Mishra, who faces 12 criminal cases under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police, was ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphSouthern Avenue: Repair to ruin in two years, glare on quality of repairs done by KMC
One of the city’s few remaining boulevards was restored in 2023 but has developed cracks and potholes again by mid-2025. The condition of Southern Avenue raises serious questions about the quality of repairs carried out by the civic body.Unlike ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphHC order, cops keep offices and schools running; ‘almost usual’ start to week amid rally
Unlike many years in the past, this July 21 — a usual red-letter day in Bengal’s work calendar — was different. Many feel the 9am-11am window created by Calcutta High Court, when entry of rallyists into the city was ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphAfter-hours: Rush for selfies and swift clean-up, KMC, cops brace up for betterment
Vehicles started rolling along one flank of Central Avenue a little over an hour after the Trinamool Congress event at Esplanade concluded around 2.40pm on Monday. Police and workers from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) removed barricades that had ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphThai Vietjet Air to roll out flights to Bangkok from middle of November
The city will have one more flight route to Thailand from November, Calcutta airport and travel industry sources said on Monday.Thai Vietjet Air, a subsidiary of Vietnam-based low-cost airline Vietjet Air, is scheduled to launch Calcutta-Bangkok flights from the ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphSC seal on 2025 rules for SSC test; HC order upheld, decks cleared for teacher hiring
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a special leave petition challenging Calcutta High Court’s decision to allow Bengal’s new teacher recruitment rules, clearing the way for the state to proceed with fresh hiring under guidelines formulated in May 2025.A ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphIIM Calcutta allows rape-accused second-year student Paramanand in class, not hostel
IIM Calcutta will allow rape-accused second-year student Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, to resume classes, but he will not be permitted to stay in the hostel, an institute official said. Paramanand is scheduled to be released on bail on Tuesday.Director-in-charge ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphBay system brews brace for rain, dry week beginning shower spell incoming: Met
Monday was a dry July 21 in Calcutta, unlike the past couple of years, but another rainy spell is incoming, the Met office said. A low-pressure area is likely to take shape over the north Bay of Bengal mid-week. ...
23 July 2025 TelegraphStudents told to meet CU registrar over ‘lockup’
Calcutta University has asked the students who allegedly locked up teachers and students of the geography department on July 8 at Ballygunge Science College under the pretext of a protest to meet the registrar next month and explain their ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphItems worth Rs 35 lakh stolen from The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata
A theft of bathroom fittings and ceiling fans worth ₹35 lakh has been reported from The Oberoi Grand, Kolkata. The hotel has remained closed to guests since last August because of restoration. On June 21, around 5pm, a shift ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur plans sessions to motivate and help students reduce mental stress
IIT Kharagpur is planning to start motivational lectures to reduce mental stress of students, the institute's director said on Sunday. The move follows the death of Ritam Mondal, 21, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student, was found hanging in his ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphPatna hospital shooting: 'Zero regrets' for crime shooter without remorse, say cops
Tauseef, the prime accused in gangster Chandan Mishra’s murder at Paras Hospital in Patna, calls himself Badshah, “king of Patna” and posts pictures with cars on social media. Tauseef, who loves to flaunt his cars on social media, was ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur must help students balance studies and internships, says director
IIT Kharagpur is working on teaching students how to manage academic demands alongside the growing pressure of internships — drawing lessons from a spate of student suicides on campus.A senior official acknowledged that students were becoming increasingly focused on ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphCall for Kingfisher Day in July to raise awareness about its dwindling natural habitats
Eleven of the 12 Kingfisher species found in the Indian subcontinent are also found in Bengal, a birdwatchers’ group pointed out during a conference on Saturday.At the two-day conference, a proposal was made to declare a Sunday in July ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata weather: Hot, humid days with intermittent rain spells await city, says Met
Friday began with a hot and sunny morning before dark clouds took over the city skyline and triggered a sharp spell of rain in the afternoon.After the clouds passed, the sky cleared again.Similar conditions are likely to play out ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphSchool service commission likely to hold teacher selection test on September 7 and 14
The school service commission (SSC) on Friday said that it might hold the selection test to appoint teachers at the secondary and higher secondary levels of the government-aided schools on September 7 and 14. The commission wrote to the ...
21 July 2025 TelegraphIIM-C seeks reopening of institute’s main gate barricaded since alleged rape on July 11
IIM Calcutta has requested Haridevpur police station to consider reopening Gate 1 — the institute’s main gate — which has been barricaded by police since the alleged rape on campus on July 11.Teachers and staff are currently entering through ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphTram enthusiasts protest over bitumen at Rabindra Sarani–Mahatma Gandhi Road crossing
Pouring rain and waterlogged streets were no deterrents for a group of tram enthusiasts who gathered at the Rabindra Sarani–Mahatma Gandhi Road crossing on Saturday to protest the pouring of bitumen over tram tracks there.Although the bitumen has since ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphSchools shut or online on Monday, anticipating traffic snags due to Martyrs’ Day rally
Several schools will close or switch to online classes on Monday, anticipating traffic disruptions due to the Martyrs’ Day rally.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to address the Trinamool Congress gathering at Esplanade around 1pm.The timing coincides with dispersal ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphCop vigil on processions on Monday, plan to enforce HC order on office-hour traffic
Kolkata Police will implement stringent traffic management measures on Monday to comply with a Calcutta High Court order restricting political processions during peak morning hours on the day of the ruling party’s showpiece annual rally in front of the ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphAlipore court grants bail to IIM Calcutta student from Karnataka accused of rape
The additional chief judicial magistrate’s court in Alipore on Saturday granted bail to the IIM Calcutta student accused of rape.The court cited the complainant’s failure to appear for a medico-legal examination, said public prosecutor Sourin Ghosal.“Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar will ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphHeavy downpour floods Kolkata roads, uproots trees and brings traffic to a crawl
A torrential two-hour downpour from Saturday noon inundated large parts of the city, uprooted trees and slowed down traffic on waterlogged roads that were already pockmarked with potholes.Vehicles crawled along many roads that remained underwater till at least the ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphIIM-Calcutta student, accused of rape on campus, gets interim bail
A court on Saturday granted interim bail to a student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta accused of raping a woman on the campus.The accused was arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphKolkata Police to fully comply with HC orders on TMC's July 21 rally: Commissioner
Kolkata Police would do everything possible to comply with the high court directives on the TMC's rally on July 21, commissioner Manoj Verma said on Saturday after reviewing the arrangements.He also launched three helplines -- 1073, 9830811111 and 9830010000, ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphIIM Calcutta rape survivor skips court appearance to record statement before magistrate
The statement of a 24-year-old woman who was allegedly raped in a hostel at IIM Calcutta last week could not be recorded before a magistrate on Friday as she did not come to court.The complainant, who alleged she was ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphExpress train kills mother elephant, two calves in a pocket of Jhargram early on Friday
Three elephants, a mother and two calves, were crushed by an express train moving at over 100kmph in a pocket of Jhargram early on Friday.The accident happened just before 1am as the Jan Shatabdi Express was headed to Howrah ...
20 July 2025 TelegraphFirhad Hakim faces complaints about poor roads and waterlogging during Talk to Mayor
Mayor Firhad Hakim faced numerous complaints about poor roads and waterlogging during the weekly phone-in programme, Talk to Mayor, on Friday. Hakim said the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will need four to five days without rain to fix the ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphHowrah City Police’s cyber wing arrest two men in separate cases for Rs 66 lakh frauds
Two men — one from Kanpur and another from Delhi — were recently arrested in separate cases of online fraud by a team from Howrah City Police’s cyber wing.The total amount duped out of the two victims is close ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphTraffic advisory for Martyrs’ Day rally at Esplanade: Curbs from 4am to 9pm on Monday
Kolkata Police on Friday announced a slew of traffic restrictions for the Martyrs’ Day rally of the Trinamool Congress at Esplanade on Monday. Traffic restrictions Movement of vehicles will be regulated along the following ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphThree cops named in CBI supplementary chargesheet sent to jail in BJP worker murder case
A retired assistant commissioner of Kolkata Police, a serving inspector, and a home guard — named in a CBI supplementary chargesheet in the 2021 post-poll murder of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar — were sent to jail on Friday.They were ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphHC sets time curbs for July 21 rally: Participants must reach venue before 8am or after 11am
Rally participants on July 21 must reach Esplanade before 8am or after 11am, the high court said on Friday.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed police to ensure smooth traffic between 9am and 11am so employees of offices within a 5km radius ...
19 July 2025 Telegraph‘Focused and good in studies’: IIT student from Regent Park found hanging in hostel
The boy who was found hanging in the IIT Kharagpur hostel on Friday had scored 97.2 per cent in his ISC exams and was pursuing a dual degree programme. He would have graduated with an MTech after a five-year ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphDoctors push for forensic nurses
The presence of forensic nurses — trained in procedures such as the collection and preservation of samples for medico-legal cases or counselling of sexual assault victims — would benefit hospitals in many such cases, doctors said.“In any kind of ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphGreen thumbs unite to green New Town
This Forest Week, thousands of saplings will get planted across the city. Pictures of the drives will get taken and shared enthusiastically on social media. But in most cases, once the moment is over, the planters will become oblivious ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphFreezer to preserve body for Ward 39
In what appears to be a first for Salt Lake, a mortuary freezer was inaugurated at DB community hall on July 13 and will be available free of cost for residents of Ward 39.A mortuary freezer, also known as ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphGreen mission
Two tableaux were flagged off on Saturday morning from Aranya Bhavan, the state headquarters of the forest department. The tableaux are aimed to spread messages of awareness to save greenery and distribute seedlings in Salt Lake, New Town and ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphMolestation cuffs on one
A woman was allegedly molested near Karunamoyee when she was returning home in FD Block from her Sector V office on Wednesday morning.Police arrested a person from Lake Town on Thursday. He was identified as Raja Mandal, a flower ...
19 July 2025 Telegraph'Assault, threats' and 'molestation' of woman in 30s at Sulekha crossing tea stall
A woman in her 30s was allegedly assaulted, molested and threatened at a tea stall at the Sulekha crossing in Jadavpur early on Thursday.The woman said she was returning home from Garia with her friends after a shoot for ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphEnsure smooth traffic movement on July 21, state administration ordered by high court
The high court on Thursday asked the state administration to ensure traffic movement was not “disturbed” because of the Trinamool Congress’s Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21.During the hearing, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh said a political party should not select ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphThree people acquitted by high court in trolley bag murder case of May 20, 2014
The high court on Thursday acquitted a husband and his alleged accomplices, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife 11 years ago. The woman's dismembered body was found in a trolley bag at Sealdah station.The division bench ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurate projects in New Town, a better tomorrow
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated a slew of projects, including homes for the less privileged, in New Town on Thursday.Two housing projects in Action Area 2C have come up on seven acres of land. There are more than 1,200 ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphBidhannagar Municipal Corporation project to reach filtered water to added areas
An extensive part of the added areas in the vicinity of Sector V will get filtered potable water once a project undertaken by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is completed.The project had hit a hurdle with the national wetland authority. ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphNo student union events to be held until campus elections: South Calcutta Law College
A lawyer for South Calcutta Law College told the high court on Thursday that the college had decided not to allow programmes with the student union banner until campus elections are held.Somnath Mukherjee told a bench of Justices Soumen ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphState govt links nod on VCs to student union elections in colleges and universities
A division bench of the high court on Thursday directed the state government to file an affidavit within two weeks stating its position on holding student union elections in colleges and universities.The bench, comprising Justices Soumen Sen and Smita ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphVisa delays choke patient flow from Bangladesh, healthcare in jeopardised state
For more than six months, Ehsaan Habib has been trying to secure a medical visa for his son’s critical follow-up surgery. The one-year-nine-month-old boy from Bangladesh underwent life-saving surgery for a congenital skull disorder in Calcutta and desperately needs ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphFormer Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal apologises for naming RG Kar doc
Former Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal submitted an “unconditional apology” before the high court on Thursday for inadvertently naming the slain RG Kar doctor.A PIL had been filed against Goyal, now additional director-general of Bengal Police’s Special Task Force, ...
19 July 2025 TelegraphDay after BJP post, Kolkata Police deny claims of restrictions on Durga Puja pandals
Kolkata Police have denied that any restrictions are being imposed on any Durga Puja pandal or that any of the pandals are being stopped.“Kolkata Police would like to clarify that no directive has been issued to halt or restrict ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphTrinamool MLA files anticipatory bail plea in 2021 post-poll violence murder case
Trinamool Congress MLA from Beleghata Paresh Paul and two party councillors — Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh — made anticipatory bail prayers before Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. Their names have been added by CBI in Abhijit Sarkar murder ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphIIT Kharagpur to shift focus on AI to attract bright students, shore up image: Director
IIT Kharagpur will introduce courses in advanced disciplines like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning which, the institute thinks, will help it attract bright students and shore up its image. On the 71st convocation of IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday, ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphNot a gang rape: CBI team visits RG Kar doctor’s house, informs parents of findings
A CBI team on Tuesday met the parents of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee who was raped and murdered inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The team informed the parents that unlike their claims about multiple people being involved, only ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphKMC employee arrested for allegedly manipulating bank account details of two women
A Kolkata Municipal Corporation staff member was arrested on Monday for allegedly cheating at least two women who are beneficiaries of a government scheme.Umesh Kumar Das, an employee of the Borough V, was manipulating the bank account details of ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphDirector of Rice Education Arati Roy passes away at 87
Rice Education director Arati Roy passed away on Monday evening. She would have turned 88 on Friday. Arati Roy played a pivotal role in the establishment and growth of the 40-year-old Rice-Adamas Group. “As chairman and a first-generation entrepreneur, ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphCalcutta-Delhi direct route to hasten post delivery inaugurated in Sector V on July 1
In a bid to bolster the road transport network (RTN), a Calcutta-Delhi direct route for the delivery of postal mail was inaugurated at Nabadiganta sub-post office in Sector V on July 1. Ashok Kumar, the chief post master general ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphPanel quizzes law college vice-principal: CU probe team enquires about governing body
Calcutta University’s inspection team, set up to probe the alleged illegalities in the appointment of casual staff and admission of students at the South Calcutta Law College, spoke to the vice-principal on Monday about the complaints. Nayna Chatterji, the ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphAwestruck by Dragon Grace: Kids cheer for Shubhanshu Shukla and crew as they return home
The countdown began when the parachutes were visible.It culminated in a loud roar when the Dragon Grace dipped into the calm waters of the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.At the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, more than 100 ...
17 July 2025 TelegraphSame meteorological factors cause surplus rain in south, deficit showers in north Bengal
Successive weather systems and the position of the monsoon trough have delivered surplus rainfall to south Bengal in June and July, with some districts receiving more than double their usual precipitation.North Bengal, meanwhile, has received significantly less rain due ...
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